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Dennis Daggett Declares “Our Time Is Now” In Video of His Powerful Address at Global Dockworkers Lisbon, Portugal Summit, Calling on Maritime Workers Around the World To Draw the Line Together To Halt “Job-Killing Technology”

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LISBON, PORTUGAL (November 28, 2025) Longshore Union Leader Dennis A. Daggett charged up the hundreds of delegates attending the Profits Over People: Anti-Automation Conference”.   This video shows his forceful remarks delivered at the opening session on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, of “People Over Profits:  Anti-Automation Conference”, held at the Pavilhão Carolos Lopes Convention Center […]

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Watch ILA President Harold J. Daggett Keynote Address At Anti-Automation Conference In Lisbon, Portugal. President Daggett Calls For Formation of Global Maritime Alliance To Collectively Act Against Massive Job Losses Through Automation

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LISBON, PORTUGAL – Watch Harold J. Daggett, the leader of the 85,000-member International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) open the historic “People Over Profits: Anti-Automation Conference” in Lisbon, Portugal on November 5, 2025, and tell nearly a thousand dockworker and maritime union members in attendance that the threat of automation is “a full-blown attack on our very

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With Global Maritime Alliance Success Achieved In Lisbon, Portugal, Harold J. Daggett Cements His Legacy As Most Effective and Influential President In ILA History

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LISBON, PORTUGAL (November 9, 2025)  In the decade and a half as International President of the 85,000-member International Longshoremen’s Association, Harold J. Daggett has achieved remarkable success for both his rank-and-file ILA members working at ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, Eastern Canada and the Bahamas; and for dockworkers

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ILA President Harold J. Daggett Arrives in Lisbon, Portugal For Historic  Anti-Automation Summit; Meets With Leaders of SEAL, Portuguese Dockers Union 

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LISBON, PORTUGAL – (November 3, 2025)   International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett arrived in Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday, November 2, just days ahead of the historic “People Over Profits:  Anit-Automation Conference” that begins Wednesday, November 5 at the Pavilhão Carolos Lopes Convention Center in central Lisbon, Portugal.  The ILA leader was welcomed to

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Global Union Dockworkers Sign Historic “Lisbon Summit Resolution” That Creates World-Wide Alliance To Halt Expansion of Job Killing Automated Ports

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Global Union Dockworkers Sign Historic “Lisbon Summit Resolution” That Creates World-Wide Alliance To Halt Expansion of Job Killing Automated Ports; Alliance Members Pledge To Collectively Engage In Job Actions Against Companies That Invest in Machines Over Workers LISBON, PORTUGAL (November 6, 2025) The “Anti-Automation Conference: People Over Profits” concluded their inaugural two-day summit with the signing

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